Preference and information /

Standard preferentialist theories allege that a person's preferences and their satisfaction are the correct measure of well-being. In this book, Egonsson presents a critical analysis of the "full-information account of the good," which claims that only the satisfaction of rational and...

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Main Author: Egonsson, Dan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2007
Series:Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy.
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Summary:Standard preferentialist theories allege that a person's preferences and their satisfaction are the correct measure of well-being. In this book, Egonsson presents a critical analysis of the "full-information account of the good," which claims that only the satisfaction of rational and fully informed preferences has value for a person
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 163 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index.
ISBN:9780754684534
0754684539
1351909207
9781351909204
1315246155
9781315246154
1281104434
9781281104434
9786611104436
6611104437
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.